WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1776
Find out what all happened January to December 1776

First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey (29. June 1776)

The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the first decisive American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day. (28. June 1776)

Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt. (1. May 1776)

Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III. (4. May 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. (10. September 1776)

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats. (2. March 1776)

George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day. (25. December 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston. (4. March 1776)

American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars. (19. May 1776)

The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. (17. September 1776)

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots. (16. November 1776)

According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world's first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist). (7. September 1776)

American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States. (16. November 1776)

American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence. (15. May 1776)

Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution. (22. September 1776)

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. (28. March 1776)

The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States. (9. September 1776)

Captain James Cook begins his third voyage. (12. July 1776)

American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. (12. April 1776)

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general. (7. December 1776)